extending a simple search

[eluser]SPeed_FANat1c[/eluser]
oh, my example is not that good because it uses the same $searchdata for forst name and last name. You want to enter all search data in one field?

The more simple way would be to create several input fields - one for first name, another for last name, etc. And then do like this:

Code:

$this->db->like('firstname', $input_firstname);
$this->db->like('lastname', $input_lasstname);
$query = $this->db->get('clients');